Sanaa put a finger to her cheek as she thought. There wasn't any reason why Percy would've said no, so she figured that she'd have to work against her brother as well. "Maybe the Hades cabin? I'm not sure if the person I'm thinking of has returned to the camp this year, but either way, even only with Prue it'd be helpful. Hades' children are best in the darkness, which is exactly what will happen during capture the flag. Even if Prue can't shadow travel that well, she still blends into shadows better than we do," she suggested. "Hecate would be an idea as well, Joshua has always been rather good with mist manipulation."
While the Poseidon cabin was also a thought that had come to her mind, she felt like people who could hide well in the shadows could secure victory more than those that could control the rivers and streams. Either way, they had to find a mix that could throw the Athena cabin off a bit.
"That's a pity," she sighed, but her mood seemed to bounce right back. "I'll go find Riley in that case! Sorry Prue, but I think Poseidon and Zeus could have abilities that are heavier in attack than we do! Please don't take it personally!" she said quickly, hoping she hadn't offended the daughter of Hades. With a nod to Percy, the blonde camper ran back off.
Nick laughed a bit. "I've never seen her before, she's an interesting daughter of Zeus, though," he commented. "She seems to radiate determination. I'd love to duel her at one point," he admitted. Nick was big on sword fighting himself, and had nearly perfected a lot of his moves. Still, he loved a challenging duel when one came. Not to mention, after the years without the camp, he was probably a bit rusty by now.
Post by ScarletteBlake on Aug 2, 2016 14:16:37 GMT -5
Scarlette skids to a stop, seeing the lake. She huffs, then sits down, her light blue eyes flickering over to where the dock was. "This day is getting worse every second." She hisses and puts her head in her hands. Her fingers curl inwards, making crescent shaped marks around her eyes. ----- *Jayce and Hale are going to be a couple later on.. Hyce is official. It was just decided.* "Jayce!" Justin barks and Jayce looks up, a guilty expression plastered across his face. Jasmine was frowning and Hale was trying not to punch them both. "I'll go find Scarlette since no one else is going to be willing to do it." Jayce volunteers and everyone sighs. "Alright, you go do that." Willow says and turns to Justin. "I heard that there was a lake? Want to go swimming?" Willow asks and Justin shrugs his shoulders. "I guess." The two of them take off and September, Jasmine, and Hale stand there, looking at each other awkwardly. -----
Ria gave a thoughtful nod, weighing her options. It had crossed her mind, too, that they would have their work cut out for them if they were going to try and outwit Cabin 6. They would need to try and throw them off a bit. "Alright. I'm going to try and track down Prue, then." There was another person she wasn't too familiar with yet, but she wasn't too daunted. "After that I'll try to recruit Hecate's cabin if Lucia hasn't done that yet. Thanks a ton, Sanaa! This round is going to be awesome!" She waved in her direction and sent a thankful nod her way, a broad grin reemerging on her features. Then she sprinted away, wondering who Lucia had decided to add to her team.
"Lucia is amazing on the battle field, you'd get your butt kicked." He joked, giving him a light nudge. "I would love to see that fight though. You both would be given a run for your money." The red-head stated to his friend.
This was it, the perfect moment to strike. The blond kept out of Sanaa's sight as he managed to get behind her, putting his hands over her eyes so she couldn't see. "Boo~" He said, blowing on the back of her neck and awaiting the obvious punch that was about to befall him.
Nick rolled his eyes with a fond smile, nudging Percy back. "I'm always up for a challenge," he said, then couldn't help but actually look Percy up and down once. "We seem to be the same height now. See, I'm always up for a challenge~ I'm not the shorter one anymore."
Sanaa tensed the moment Asher put his hands over her eyes. He hadn't spoken, so Sanaa was on high alert. But when he did speak, her tenseness turned to full annoyance. "Asher," she said in a displeased tone, turning around and punching his shoulder without even so much as glancing at him. She huffed, taking a step backwards. "Are you for re-" she stopped short as she noticed the sunglasses on his face, and raised an eyebrow humorlessly. "You look like a giant jerk," she said with a roll of her eyes. "Is your outside finally reflecting what you really are?"
Lucia made her way over to the Poseidon cabin, not even really bothering to knock. Stepping inside, she said, "Hey, Riley do you want to j-" Only to stop as she noticed Alex and a camper. It seemed to only catch her off-guard for a moment, though, as she had quickly recovered. "Sorry, am I interrupting something? I only wanted to ask Riley if she wants to join my team for capture the flag."
Percy rolled his eyes, in his opinion that was not a difficult feat. He stopped growing sometime last year, any other growth spurt would not do too much. He was doomed to be short for eternity, even his reining over Nick when they were younger was over now. "Ah well, it was nice while it lasted."
"W ow. Rude. I think they look cool." Asher huffed, holding his shoulder that was just punched. At least it wasn't the stomach, he'd be down for a minute if that was the case. Though his next words could quite possibly set him in the direction of getting hit in a worse place. "I'm sure your brother doesn't have the same thoughts of me being a jerk~"
It seemed too early in the day for everybody to be in their cabins. People were still just greeting their friends and getting organized. It had been a stroke of luck to find Sanaa as quickly as she had. Chances were pretty good that she wouldn't find anybody in the Hades cabin, she figured. Ria slowed her pace from a sprint to a slow jog, brow furrowed as she glanced around for the girl. "Hey, Prue?" She called out into the crowd, frowning slightly. This would be easier if Ria had literally any idea of where to look, but alas, she didn't.
Nick shrugged with a grin. "Being short isn't that bad. I love having strategies against taller people, to be honest," he admitted with a laugh, then glanced down at the camp. "Let's go down there for real now? I should probably put my stuff in the Hades cabin and then you could introduce me to some more people~?" he asked. Nick was extroverted enough himself to just go around and talk to people with no problems, but he did feel like spending some more time with Percy.
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Sanaa's eyes grew stormy for a moment, but she managed to calm herself before she punched him. "Look, if you're looking for a real beating, I think Percy can give that to you. As for Alex, he may not think you're a jerk yet, but I swear, Asher, if you ever actually are the reason why he's crying I will personally kill you," she threatened. There, she'd done her sisterly duties. Now she just had to hope for Asher's health that he wouldn't actually do anything that would cause that.
"Sounds good to me. I have to check up on a few people anyways." He had wanted to see how Alex was doing, and the thought of Alex brought to mind Asher, who he felt the need to check up and see if he gotten himself in trouble yet. Little did he know, it was sort of the opposite considering Alex had already managed to get himself hurt on the first day of camp.
That last part hit him, taking off his sunglasses so Sanaa could see his sincerity he spoke up. "If I was ever responsible for Alex crying it will be out of happiness. If not, I would gladly hand myself over to be killed." His dorky smile faded when he said that to his half-sister. While he did bring Alex up to push her buttons, he wanted to make it clear that he is as serious as possible when it came to her brother.
"Great, it's decided," Nick said, nodding to Prue as well. He wasn't sure if she wanted to tag along, but he didn't mind if she wanted to. "So, I remember that Sanaa and Alex were in their second year here when I left - how are they now?" he asked while they were walking. There were more people he remembered, but he'd always gotten along with those two.
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Sanaa stared at him for a few moments, searching his face for any lies. Finally, she nodded. "Fine, then. I may not understand what he sees in you, but I'm not about to keep you apart, seriously. Just don't bother me, that's all," she answered, only to pause and frown a moment later. "Speaking of my brother, I actually don't really know where he is. He wanted to talk to Marinette - probably to ask when you'd arrive - but he never came back afterwards. I wonder what trouble he got into this time."
"They're both doing great! I was actually thinking about looking for them as you asked." He spoke, but there seemed to be some sort of annoyed undertone as Alex was doing a little too great being with Asher after all.
Putting his glasses back on, he gave a small laugh. "Who knows, oh man. Well, I'll tell you if I see him~" He said cheerily, trying to put back his usual glow after that moment of seriousness. "So catch ya' later while I see who else is around to bug~" He hummed, having a little skip in his step as he began to walk away.
Nick didn't miss the annoyed undertone, but didn't comment on it. Rather, he watched a few campers go about their business. Most of them were unfamiliar faces, which was kind of odd, but it was his fault, as he had stayed away for three years.
However, the Hades cabin hadn't seemed to have changed at all. Nick still hated how gloomy it looked, but he couldn't just change that. He stopped as they reached the door, turning to Percy, "Wanna come inside real quick with me? I'll just put my things away and then we can go say hi to Sanaa and Alex," he said, amber eyes glinting in the sunlight.
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Sanaa rolled her eyes. "You go do that," she muttered after him with a shake of her head. Asher seriously got on her nerves even more with those stupid sunglasses.
"Fine by me." He said, stepping in before Nick. Percy didn't even notice the black-haired kid who ended up staying in his cabin to read, practically hidden in shadows.
Oliver's eyes peeked up from the book, staring but making no move. He found it almost funny that the ginger hadn't even noticed him. Though, he experienced that a lot. Admittedly, it brought him a lot of joy when he would sneak up behind someone and scare them.
Nick stepped in after Percy. While he wouldn't have had problems spotting Quinn, as he knew where to 'hide' in the cabin, he wasn't expecting anybody else in it. So, instead, he just walked in further. He put his bag on a bed, laughing a bit. "Can't believe I get to pick my old bed," he joked. "I'm a real vampire again now," he added, referring to the - in his opinion - horrible look the beds had. "Be scared, Percy." He laughed a bit, holding his hands up like claws.
Alex raised an eyebrow at Lucia, then walked towards her and the door. "This cabin's getting pretty crowded right now. Don't worry, Umiko, they both won't kill you. I'll see you at dinner again~" he called out, then left with a wave. Were they already making teams for capture the flag? He wondered what team the Athena cabin was off as he started walking away from the Poseidon cabin.
"Oooh I'm soooo scared." Percy said with a fake quiver to his voice, though he rolled his eyes with a laugh but it was soon interrupted.
"Can you keep it down? I'm trying to read."
His voice making Percy jump as he hadn't noticed anyone else in the room, his eyes turning to Oliver and looking him over. "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't see you there." He apologized, relaxing as it was just another camper. He must be a son of Hades, so he commented in his head that now Nick has another sibling, that he definitely won't be lonely this year.